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2 PAPAKURA COURIER, JUNE 1, 2011
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7th & 17th June 12.30pm & 7.30pm
A ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart.
Starring Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall and Alex Etel.
Tickets: Adults $7, Concessions $5 (in advance)
Adults $10, Concessions $8 (on the door)
Matariki 9th & 15th June 12.30pm & 7.30pm
A random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching
for hope and new beginnings as the Matariki constellaton rises.
Tickets: Adults $7, Concessions $5 (in advance)
Adults $10, Concessions $8 (on the door)
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11th June 8pm
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Tickets: $10 in advance, $20 on the door
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Teens work hard for Matariki
By HINERANGI VAIMOSO
Stepping up: Moana
Iwihora, Marcia Johnson
and Chloe Repia of Rosehill
College are getting ready to
take part in a weekend-long
mau raakau workshop as
part of Matariki
celebrations in Papakura.
Photo: FIONA GOODALL
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to see how teens have been
learning about the use of mau rakau
in other parts of New Zealand.
Mau raakau is about
preserving a rich and
vibrant culture for a
group of Rosehill College
teenagers.
This is part of my cul-
ture. It's awesome,''
17-year-old Chloe Repia
says of the traditional
Maori martial art.
It's a great way to
focus my energy,''
15-year-old Marcia John-
son says.
Chloe, Marcia and fel-
low schoolmate Moana
Iwihora are about to
embark on a weekend of
intense culture, heritage
and discipline, their way
of marking Matariki, the
Maori New Year.
Matariki will be
launched at Pukekewi-
riki Paa in Papakura at
6.30am on Saturday.
The dawn ceremony is
the first of a series of
events going on in Papa-
kura this month includ-
ing shows, exhibitions
and an awards ceremony
recognising student
achievement.
Chloe, Marcia and
Moana will be three of
about 50 teens from
Rosehill College and
Papakura High School to
take part in the mau raa-
kau wananga live-in
weekend on June 24.
Whaea Freda Potae,
one-off co-ordinators of
the annual event, says
students volunteer to
dedicate their weekend
to the event and this
year some parents will
do the same.
This is the fourth
year -- in our first year
we started off with a few
people. We now get up to
45 to 50 kids and they
love it,'' she says.
The weekend is based
around Matariki. It's
focused on discipline,
tikanga and whakaw-
hanaungatanga.''
Mau raakau is a
physically demanding
art form and martial art
using wooden staffs.
Men and women will
also settle in at Papa-
kura Marae during the
weekend and undertake
lessons about footwork,
rhythm, hand and eye
co-ordination, strike and
defence movement.
It's hard work and
sometimes people can't
hack it, but if you stick to
it and pull through,
you'll get so much out of
it.''When Matariki celeb-
rations kick off this
weekend, the crowds will
be found at Papakura
Marae. A buffet break-
fast will be held there
from 9am after the dawn
ceremony.
There'll be entertain-
ment from students at
Papakura High and
Rosehill College before
teens from the schools
are honoured in an
awards ceremony recog-
nising top Maori pupils.
The Rangatahi Photo-
graph Exhibition will be
launched at 11am on
Saturday and will fea-
ture work from artists
Kayla Leef and Jesssica
Heyes-Martelli.
Events during the
Matariki Festival are
funded by Auckland
Council, Te Puni Kokiri
and Papakura Marae
Maori Wardens.
Papakura's
events
have been coordinated by
Te Roopu Kaitiaki o
Papakura.
Programme of events
Matariki Dawn Ceremony:
When: 6.30am, June 4
Where: Pukekiwiriki Paa, Red Hill Rd, Papakura
Cost: Free
Nga Kohanga o Papakura Workshops:
When: 9.30am-1.30pm June 17
Where: Papakura Marae, Hunua Rd, Papakura
Cost: Free
Contact: Tracey Te Maari 299-2630
Mau Raakau Wananga:
When: 6pm, June 24
Where: Papakura Marae, Hunua Rd
Cost: Free
Contact: Whaea Freda Potae 021-0258-6294
Acoustic Soul Evening:
Ngatapa Black, Pikitiora Mura Hita, Raylee
Bradfield, Lenny Dyer, Hipnotics, Sienna
Templeton and Wiremu Hohaia
When: 7pm, July 9
Where: Hawkins Theatre, Ray Small Drive,
Papakura
Cost: $15
Contact: Wiremu Hohaia 021-148-8928
What is
Matariki?
Matariki is often
described as the
Maori New Year.
In May through
to early June a
small cluster of
stars known as the
Pleiades comes into
view. The constel-
lation is called
Matariki in Maori.
Matariki signals
a time for connect-
ing with and giving
thanks to the land,
sea and sky.
It was a time for
the community to
come together to
farewell those
departed and to
acknowledge the
year gone by in
addition to being a
time to turn to the
future, welcome the
new generation to
the world and plan
for the year ahead.
It was also a time
when people would
gather to share kai,
rituals, entertain-
ment and hos-
pitality.
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